COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



[L. S.] 



To all who shall see these Presents, Greeting. 



It is hereby made known that leave and permission has been given 

 by the Naval Officer to Capt. John Tucker, Master and Commander of 

 the Bark called the Light Horse, now lying at Salem, within this 

 Commonwealth, to depart from thence and proceed with his vessel 

 and cargo on a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, the Isle of France 

 and Batavia, and that the said Bark belongs to Elias Hasket Derby, 

 Esq., a merchant of character and high reputation, a subject of the 

 Commonwealth, being one of the thirteen United States of America. 



Now, in order that the said Master may prosper in his lawful affairs, 

 it is earnestly requested and recommended to all who may see these 

 Presents at whatever, port or place said Master with his vessel and 

 cargo may arrive ; that they would please to receive him, the said Mas- 

 ter with goodness, afford him all such aid and assistance as he may 

 need, and to treat him in a becoming manner, permitting him upon pay- 

 ing expenses in passing and repassing, to pass, navigate and frequent 

 the ports, passes and territories, wherever he may be, to the e^d that 

 he may transact his business, where and in what manner he shall 

 judge proper. He keeping, and causing to be kept by his crew on 

 bpard, the Marine Ordinances and Regulations of the place where he 

 is trading. 



Given under my hand, and the Seal of the Commonwealth of Massa- 

 chusetts, the twenty-second day of January, A. D., 1787, and in the 

 eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America. 



JAMES BOWDOIN. 



By his Excellency's command. 



JOHX AVERT, Jun., Secretary. 



At, this time the Custom House and the Light Houses 

 were controlled by the State, as the following copy of a 

 document will show : 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



Naval Office, Port of Salem, Jan. 23, 1787. 



Received of John Tucker, Master of the Bark Light Horse, burthen 



two hundred and forty tons, the sum of forty shillings and sixpence, 



being the amount of the duty on said Bark, required by a law of this 



Commonwealth for the support and maintenance of Light Houses on 



the sea coast thereof. JOS. HILLER, 



Naval Officer. 



